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Liveaction13
08-17-2018, 08:49 AM
Got a late start yesterday was on the water at 10am left the harbor and started pushing to salt creek halfway there I tried making bait got one big mackerel used him as cut bait after about a hour of drifting I finally got a decent 8 inch mack put him on a halibut rig and wasn't in the water 10 minutes and my reel was screaming did 3 good runs before got it to my yak and saw it was a nice thresher he rolled up in my line made one more run before I landed him didn't measure him or weigh him

The water temp was 75 water was calm slow drift the only down side was getting bait only two mackerel
PapaDave
08-17-2018, 09:08 AM
Nice fish
crashcrow
08-17-2018, 10:42 AM
Nice! I bet that was fun!
alanw
08-17-2018, 07:17 PM
Looks like you got exactly the right amount of bait. BBQ time :luxhello:
the dude
08-17-2018, 07:29 PM
perfect size where you don't have to call all your friends and say...bring a cooler! this thing won't fit in my freezer!
Liveaction13
08-17-2018, 07:54 PM
You got that right perfect amount of bait and just enough meat to split with my buddy I was after a halibut but still great day. Also has any one else been having issues making bait in dana point?
DanaPT
08-17-2018, 08:03 PM
Yep I was out at the point at 545 thursday. Kept catching baby striped perch. I did manage 3 Mack's. 1 14 incher and 2 good sized. Went out 3 miles for Nada, hoping for a shark just for fun at the end. Last week no problems with bait made just outside harbor mouth.
Ggiannig89
08-17-2018, 10:33 PM
Yep I was out at the point at 545 thursday. Kept catching baby striped perch. I did manage 3 Mack's. 1 14 incher and 2 good sized. Went out 3 miles for Nada, hoping for a shark just for fun at the end. Last week no problems with bait made just outside harbor mouth.

Interesting. I don’t think I’ve seen that species before. Cool
alanw
08-18-2018, 12:12 AM
Kept catching baby striped perch.
I think those are California Salema (https://www.mexican-fish.com/salema/).
parkermann
08-18-2018, 06:25 AM
I think those are California Salema (https://www.mexican-fish.com/salema/).

Last year I kept catching those on a sabiki near the headlands. I was wondering what they were. Now I know